The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
$188.00
USDOver 850 letters between Darwin and worldwide correspondents, as he gathered information on human origins and the expression of emotion.
- Provides a compact but highly readable account of Darwin's life in 1869
- Shows insight into Darwin's relationship with Wallace
- Provides an account of the way Darwin collected data and theories for his forthcoming publications
Reviews & endorsements
From reviews of earlier volumes: 'Nothing in recent history of science quite tops the achievement of the volumes of Darwin correspondence. It is our own Human Genome Project.' Annals of Science
'Readers of earlier volumes will probably already be addicted, since no aspect of Darwin's life, work, or writing, is ever dull.' Human Genetics
'… a superb series … beautifully produced, beautifully readable, efficiently indexed, supportively but not gossipily annotated.' The Times Literary Supplement
'Every now and then … publishing and academe work together to produce books so splendid that it seems ungrateful not to acquire them: this promises to be another such.' The Guardian
'… this authoritative work is a model of scholarship in both its comprehensiveness and supporting documentation which provides a rich source of background, biographical and bibliographical detail.' The Naturalist
'These volumes are indeed treasures of high scholarship … every real science library needs this series.' Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Product details
August 2009Hardback
9780521190305
822 pages
240 × 166 × 45 mm
1.24kg
12 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Frederick Henry Burkhardt (1912–2007)
- List of letters
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- List of provenances
- Note on editorial policy
- Darwin/Wedgewood genealogy
- Abbreviations and symbols
- THE CORRESPONDENCE, 1869
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index.
